Re: Poll: What will your next graphics card upgrade be?

Somewhere on teh intarweb "Puddle" typed:
> Nighthawk wrote:
>> http://tinyurl.com/6jgcdg
>>
>> On this poll the ATI 4870 is way out in front, followed by the 4850.
>>
>>
>
> I have always used Nvidia cards but am steering clear of them now due
> to them sabotaging full screen video output on a tv... ATI calls it
> theatre mode, lets you show a movie in full screen on the tv while
> minimizing it on the PC, great for media pc's etc. Nvidia no longer
> support it since their 8xxx cards and have now even turned it off in
> new drivers for old cards that did support it.
>
> Things like that really annoy me!

I didn't know that, thanks.
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~misfit~ wrote:
> Somewhere on teh intarweb "Puddle" typed:
>> Nighthawk wrote:
>>> http://tinyurl.com/6jgcdg
>>>
>>> On this poll the ATI 4870 is way out in front, followed by the 4850.
>>>
>>>
>> I have always used Nvidia cards but am steering clear of them now due
>> to them sabotaging full screen video output on a tv... ATI calls it
>> theatre mode, lets you show a movie in full screen on the tv while
>> minimizing it on the PC, great for media pc's etc. Nvidia no longer
>> support it since their 8xxx cards and have now even turned it off in
>> new drivers for old cards that did support it.
>>
>> Things like that really annoy me!
>
> I didn't know that, thanks.

I have always had tearing issues when playing videos with clone mode in
the past so just fullscreen the player on the other screen. In my case
its 2 monitors, not a TV output and a monitor but same theory.

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Somewhere on teh intarweb "Richard" typed:
> ~misfit~ wrote:
>> Somewhere on teh intarweb "Puddle" typed:
>>> Nighthawk wrote:
>>>> http://tinyurl.com/6jgcdg
>>>>
>>>> On this poll the ATI 4870 is way out in front, followed by the
>>>> 4850.
>>> I have always used Nvidia cards but am steering clear of them now
>>> due to them sabotaging full screen video output on a tv... ATI
>>> calls it theatre mode, lets you show a movie in full screen on the
>>> tv while minimizing it on the PC, great for media pc's etc. Nvidia
>>> no longer support it since their 8xxx cards and have now even
>>> turned it off in new drivers for old cards that did support it.
>>>
>>> Things like that really annoy me!
>>
>> I didn't know that, thanks.
>
> I have always had tearing issues when playing videos with clone mode
> in the past so just fullscreen the player on the other screen. In my
> case its 2 monitors, not a TV output and a monitor but same theory.

I was just interested as I use a dedicated PC running a software decoder to
watch certain sports shows on my TV.

Only about 16 a year though. ;-)
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